Texas down another RB with Whittington sidelined

Texas true freshman running back Jordan Whittington will miss the next four to six weeks with a sports hernia, coach Tom Herman said Monday.

Whittington, who was the 40th-ranked overall player in the 2019 ESPN 300, tore the adductor off of his pubic symphysis in the Longhorns' 45-14 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday. He'll fly to Philadelphia to see a specialist for surgery.

Texas coaches raved about Whittington all offseason, and he was expected to play a significant role for the No. 10 Longhorns. His loss hurts an already thin running back room.

"Your two tailbacks are Keaontay Ingram and [freshman quarterback] Roschon Johnson, who just started learning the position 10 days ago," Herman…